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 |
|---|---|
| nourishment | food |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| render | to melt down |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| acidulous | somewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |