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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
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| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
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