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 |
|---|---|
| sere | being dried and withered |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| concoct | to prepare by combining raw materials |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |