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 |
|---|---|
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |