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 |
|---|---|
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
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| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| natal | native |