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 |
|---|---|
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| charlatan | quack |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| paramour | lover |