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 |
|---|---|
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| offensive | making attack : aggressive |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| momentum | a property (see property |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |