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 |
|---|---|
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| ecstasy | a state of overwhelming emotion |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |