SAT vocabulary
Grandiloquent
Pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner, often used to impress or seem important.
Example
"The politician's grandiloquent speech, full of long words and complex phrases, failed to connect with the common voter."
Etymology
From Latin grandiloquus, meaning 'using lofty language,' from grandis 'grand' and loqui 'to speak.'
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