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 |
|---|---|
| exuberance | the quality or state of being exuberant |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| vintner | a wine merchant |