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 |
|---|---|
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| juncture | a point of time |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |
| tract | a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| obnoxious | odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |