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 |
|---|---|
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| foible | the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| anonymity | the quality or state of being anonymous |
| swipe | a strong sweeping blow |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| lunar | crescent |