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 |
|---|---|
| irate | roused to ire |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| frigid | intensely cold |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| ogle | to glance with amorous invitation or challenge |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |