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 |
|---|---|
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |