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 |
|---|---|
| demeanor | behavior toward others : outward manner |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| harbor | a place of security and comfort : refuge |
| steep | lofty |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |