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 |
|---|---|
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| cue | the letter q |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| indecisive | marked by or prone to indecision : irresolute |