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grandiosity

nounCommon GRE wordMore G words

an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or grandeur

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In a sentence

Grandiosity in a sentence

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The business plan was marked by sheer grandiosity, promising to dominate markets it had never entered.

Synonyms
pretensionpomposityself-importancebombast
Antonyms
humilitymodesty

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Verbal · Text Completion

Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.

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Grandiosity (noun) means an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or grandeur
Here is grandiosity used in an example sentence: "The business plan was marked by sheer grandiosity, promising to dominate markets it had never entered."
Common synonyms for grandiosity include pretension, pomposity, self-importance, bombast.
Antonyms of grandiosity include humility, modesty.
Grandiosity is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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