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 |
|---|---|
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| fancier | one that has a special liking or interest |
| retiring | reserved |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| indelible | that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| farce | stuff |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |