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 |
|---|---|
| vouch | to supply supporting evidence or testimony |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |