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 |
|---|---|
| guileless | innocent |
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |