Gre Word Group 3

Gre Word Group No # 3

bombastic pompous; using inflated language

braggadocio boasting

braggart boaster

bravado swagger; assumed air of defiance

charlatan quack; pretender to knowledge

consequential pompous; self-important

distend expand; swell out

effusive expressing excessive emotion in an unrestrained manner ; pouring out ; overflowing / pouring forth; gushing

enhance advance; improve; to make greater, better

fanfare call by bugles or trumpets

flaunt display ostentatiously

fustian pompous; bombastic

gasconade bluster; boastfulness

grandiloquent pompous; bombastic; using high-sounding language

grandiose imposing; impressive

hyperbole exaggerated statement made for effect and not intended to be taken literally; exaggeration; overstatement

inflate take action to increase the amount of money in circulation so that prices rise ; fill a tire , balloon, etc. with air or gas ; make proud or elated

inflated enlarged with air or gas; exaggerated

magniloquent boastful; pompous

mountebank charlatan; boastful pretender

orotund having a round, resonant quality; inflated speech

ostentatious done for unnecessary display ; liking to attract notice; showy; pretentious

panache flair, flamboyance

panegyric formal speech or writing praising a person or event ; high or hyperbolic praise, laudation; formal praise

peacock exhibit oneself vainly

pomposity self-important behavior; action like a stuffed shirt

pretentious claiming great merit or importance / ostentatious; ambitious

rhetoric art of effective communication; insincere language

rhetorical pertaining to effective communication; insincere in language

stilted bombastic; inflated

strut pompous walk / supporting bar

stuffed shirt

tumid swollen; pompous; bombastic

turgid swollen; distended

vaporer a braggart

vaunt

vaunted boasted; bragged; highly publicized

vaunter

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affinity a close relationship ; likeness ; strong liking or attraction; kinship

apt

bent determined; natural talent or inclination adj. 1 made curved or crooked; not straight 2 strongly inclined or determined: with on [bent on going] 3 set in a course; bound [westward bent] 4 [Slang] a) dishonest; crooked b) eccentric; odd n. 1 an inclination; tendency 2 a natural leaning or tendency; propensity [a bent for music, a criminal bent] 3 a framework transverse to the length of a structure, for supporting lateral as well as vertical loads

disposition n. 1a putting in order or being put in order; arrangement [the disposition of the troops] 2management or settlement of affairs 3a selling or giving away, as of property 4a getting rid of something [the disposition of wastes] 5the power or authority to arrange, settle, or manage; control 6an inclination or tendency [a disposition to quarrel] 7one's customary frame of mind; one's nature or temperament adj. SYN. disposition refers to the normal or prevailing aspect of one's nature [a genial disposition]; temperament refers to the balance of traits that are manifested in one's behavior or thinking [an artistic temperament]; temper refers to one's basic emotional nature, esp. as regards relative quickness to anger [a hot temper, an even temper]; character is applied to the sum of moral qualities associated with a distinctive individual [a weak character] and, unqualified, suggests moral strength, self-discipline, etc. [a man of character]; personality is applied to the sum of physical, mental, and emotional qualities that distinguish one as a person [a negative personality] and, unqualified, suggests attractiveness or charm [a girl with personality]