GRE Word List
OVERBLOWN
past the prime of bloom
The meaning of the word overblown is past the prime of bloom.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| prattle | prate |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |
| betray | to lead astray |