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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WordMeaning
sobernot intoxicated
humanitariana person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist
prefatoryof, relating to, or constituting a preface
multifarioushaving or occurring in great variety : diverse
beneficiarya person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something
energizeto make energetic, vigorous, or active
submissivesubmitting to others
antiqueexisting since or belonging to earlier times : ancient
ghastlyterrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening
draughta 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