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 |
|---|---|
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| devotee | an ardent follower, supporter, or enthusiast (as of a religion, art form, or sport) |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| ensconce | shelter |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |