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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