GRE Word List
OVERBLOWN
past the prime of bloom
The meaning of the word overblown is past the prime of bloom.
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|---|---|
| modish | fashionable |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
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| duration | continuance in time |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
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