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
connotationsomething suggested by a word or thing : implication
bruntthe principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack)
purgeto clear of guilt
deducibleto determine by reasoning or deduction
quagmiresoft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot
fallaciousembodying a fallacy
soliloquythe act of talking to oneself
fractioustending to be troublesome : unruly
embraceto clasp in the arms : hug
reclineto cause or permit to incline backwards