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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| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
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| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| auroral | dawn |
| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
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| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |