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 |
|---|---|
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| concordat | compact |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| quizzical | comically quaint |