GRE Word List
HYPERBOLE
extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones")
The meaning of the word hyperbole is extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones").
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| replicate | duplicate |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| jeopardize | to expose to danger or risk : imperil |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| affected | artificial; pretended |