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 |
|---|---|
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| falter | to walk unsteadily : stumble |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| relish | characteristic flavor |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |