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rococo
extravagantly ornate and elaborate in style
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Rococo (adjective) means extravagantly ornate and elaborate in style
Here is rococo used in an example sentence: "The palace's rococo ceilings dripped with gilded scrollwork and cherubs."
Common synonyms for rococo include ornate, elaborate, florid, baroque.
Antonyms of rococo include plain, austere, simple.
Rococo is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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