verbose
using far more words than necessary; wordy
Word origin: From Latin verbum, word.
Verbose in a sentence
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His verbose reports buried the key findings under pages of detail.
The manual was so verbose that readers abandoned it before reaching the one paragraph that mattered.
Using “verbose” well
Verbose means using far more words than necessary, with a critical tone. It is the opposite of concise or terse.
More GRE words starting with V
to waver indecisively between options or opinions
the inability to decide between different courses of action; wavering
total absence of thought, ideas, or substance
empty of meaning, substance, or intelligence
a person who roams from place to place with no fixed home
an unpredictable or capricious change or notion
a person who wanders without a settled home or work
excessively boastful and vain about one's achievements
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