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 |
|---|---|
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| fulcrum | prop |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| vapid | lacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit : flat |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
| circuit | a usually circular line encompassing an area |