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 |
|---|---|
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| adjutant | a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence |
| acme | the highest point or stage |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| condole | grieve |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| rank | relative standing or position |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |