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 |
|---|---|
| stilted | pompous |
| array | to dress or decorate especially in splendid or impressive attire : adorn |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |