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 |
|---|---|
| fell | skin |
| skimp | skimpy |
| ewe | the female of the sheep especially when mature |
| calorific | caloric |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| tract | a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |