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 |
|---|---|
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| stringent | tight |
| omnipresent | present in all places at all times |
| decollete | wearing a strapless or low-necked dress |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |