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 |
|---|---|
| delusive | likely to delude |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| plebeian | a member of the Roman plebs |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| query | question |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |