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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| zealot | a zealous person |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |