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verbiage

nounCommon GRE wordMore V words

an excess of words that add little meaning

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Verbiage in a sentence

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The contract's dense verbiage obscured a few simple obligations.

Synonyms
wordinessprolixitypaddingcircumlocution
Antonyms
concisionbrevity

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Although the senator's memoir was marketed as a frank reckoning with his failures, reviewers found it relentlessly blank, dwelling on grievances and recasting every setback as the fault of his adversaries.

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Verbiage (noun) means an excess of words that add little meaning
Here is verbiage used in an example sentence: "The contract's dense verbiage obscured a few simple obligations."
Common synonyms for verbiage include wordiness, prolixity, padding, circumlocution.
Antonyms of verbiage include concision, brevity.
Verbiage is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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