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 |
|---|---|
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| mystic | mystical |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |