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 |
|---|---|
| colossal | of, relating to, or resembling a colossus |
| kneel | to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| frigid | intensely cold |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |