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 |
|---|---|
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| thesis | a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |