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 |
|---|---|
| virtual | being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted |
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
| immaculate | spotlessly clean |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |