GRE Word List
GRANDIOSE
characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration
The meaning of the word grandiose is characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| occident | west |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |