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 |
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| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |
| doze | to sleep lightly |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |