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 |
|---|---|
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| shambles | a meat market |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| consonant | being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord |