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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 2

grandiloquence

noun

Definition

pompous lofty language

In a sentence

His grandiloquence bored the audience.

Similar words

  • pomposity
  • pretension

Why this word matters: grandiloquence appears in academic reading at the 8th-grade level and is exactly the type of word that shows up on the CPS HSAT Reading section. Practice it in context with our spaced-repetition system at vocabulary.