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 |
|---|---|
| doze | to sleep lightly |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| succor | relief |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |