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 |
|---|---|
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
| calculated | apt |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| inclusive | broad in orientation or scope |