GRE Word List
OVERBLOWN
inflated; exaggerated
The meaning of the word overblown is inflated; exaggerated.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| proverb | adage; someone or something well known for notoriety; ADJ. proverbial: of a proverb; widely known; ADV. proverbially |
| pander | cater to (the low desires of others) |
| nurture | nourish; feed; educate; rear; care for while it is growing or developing; foster; cultivate; N: something that nourishes; rearing |
| equity | fairness; justice; OP. inequity |
| elope | run away secretly with the intention of getting married |
| prosody | art of versification; study of the metrical structure of verse |
| nostalgia | homesickness; longing for the past; Ex. nostalgia for the clothes of 1920s; ADJ. nostalgic |
| corporeal | bodily (rather than spiritual); of a bodily form; material; tangible |
| brindled | tawny or grayish with streaks or spots (of animals) |
| sheaf | bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together |
