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 |
|---|---|
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |