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 |
|---|---|
| prattle | prate |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| nib | bill |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |