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Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) Student Writing Center has been putting "a word of the day" on our bulletin board for several years. Recently we decided to put the word on the web along with suitable definition. We hope you enjoy the SLCC Student Writing Center Word of the Day!

Thursday, February 08, 2007

Turgid

Turgid means swollen or bloated. It is often used metaphorically to describe writing that is verbose or overwrought.
Posted by Clint Gardner at 7:11 AM

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