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 |
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| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| pediatrician | a specialist in pediatrics |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |