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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| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
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| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
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| prosperous | auspicious |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |