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 |
|---|---|
| sober | not intoxicated |
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| energize | to make energetic, vigorous, or active |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |