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 |
|---|---|
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
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| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |