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 |
|---|---|
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| irate | roused to ire |
| realm | kingdom |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| unfrock | defrock |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |