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 |
|---|---|
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
| cherubic | an order of angels see celestial hierarchy |
| incompatible | not compatible: such as |
| demented | mad |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| avocation | a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby |