GRE Word List

GRANDILOQUENT

a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language

The meaning of the word grandiloquent is a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language.

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disfigureto impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries
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vexto bring trouble, distress, or agitation to
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spurnto reject with disdain or contempt : scorn
squatto cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground