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").
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| transcendental | transcendent |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| discriminate | to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |