GRE Word List

OVERBLOWN

past the prime of bloom

The meaning of the word overblown is past the prime of bloom.

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gorycovered with gore : bloodstained
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
obstetriciana physician specializing in obstetrics
consummateextremely skilled and accomplished
palpablecapable of being touched or felt : tangible
conservatorya greenhouse for growing or displaying plants
impregnableincapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable
incompatiblenot compatible: such as
mutilateto cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect
deprecateto express disapproval of