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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WordMeaning
eugenicrelating to or fitted for the production of good offspring
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
devoteean ardent follower, supporter, or enthusiast (as of a religion, art form, or sport)
carnivoroussubsisting or feeding on animal tissues
torridparched with heat especially of the sun : hot
haphazardmarked by lack of plan, order, or direction
inviolablesecure from violation or profanation
pass_offpresent falsely; represent falsely to be
ensconceshelter
prunea plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation