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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| residual | remainder |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| unfrock | defrock |
| ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |