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 |
|---|---|
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| circuit | a usually circular line encompassing an area |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| whimsy | whim |