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 |
|---|---|
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |
| egregious | conspicuous |