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 |
|---|---|
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| meander | a winding path or course |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |