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 |
|---|---|
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| mural | of, relating to, or resembling a wall |
| gibberish | unintelligible or meaningless language: |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |