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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marto ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil
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ineluctablenot to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable
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wrytwist
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