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").
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| onus | burden |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| commune | talk over |
| nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |