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 |
|---|---|
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| flourish | to grow luxuriantly : thrive |