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 |
|---|---|
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| rumble | to make a low heavy rolling sound |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
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| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |