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 |
|---|---|
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| colossal | of, relating to, or resembling a colossus |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| anomalous | inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |