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 |
|---|---|
| daub | to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster |
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| diadem | crown |
| unfeigned | not feigned or hypocritical : genuine |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |