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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inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
forebears | ancestor |
mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
superficial | of, relating to, or located near a surface |
nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |