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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| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
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