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 |
|---|---|
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| hue | overall character or appearance to the mind : complexion |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| rank | relative standing or position |
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| restitution | an act of restoring or a condition of being restored: such as |