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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| anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
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| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
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| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |