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 |
|---|---|
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |