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 |
|---|---|
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| paltry | inferior |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| random | a haphazard course |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| betray | to lead astray |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |