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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| resolution | the act or process of resolving: such as |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |