GRE Word List
OVERBLOWN
inflated; exaggerated
The meaning of the word overblown is inflated; exaggerated.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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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 |