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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| thrive | to grow vigorously : flourish |
| veracious | truthful |
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| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |