GRE Word List
GRANDEUR
the quality or state of being grand : magnificence
The meaning of the word grandeur is the quality or state of being grand : magnificence.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| cordon | an ornamental cord or ribbon |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |