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 |
|---|---|
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| ebullient | boiling |
| disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| missive | a written communication : letter |