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 |
|---|---|
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| wreak | bring about |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| boor | peasant |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |