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 |
|---|---|
| coiffure | a style or manner of arranging the hair |
| avid | characterized by enthusiasm and vigorous pursuit : very eager and enthusiastic |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| primal | original |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |