Vocabulary Word
Word: hyperbole
Definition: exaggeration; overstatement; ADJ. hyperbolic: of hyperbole; of a hyperbola
Definition: exaggeration; overstatement; ADJ. hyperbolic: of hyperbole; of a hyperbola
Sentences Containing 'hyperbole'
Like everything else in these romances, it is a gross exaggeration of the real sentiment of chivalry, but its peculiar extravagance is probably due to the influence of those masters of hyperbole, the Provencal poets.
More Vocab Words
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::: perpetual - everlasting
::: discrepancy - lack of consistency or agreement as between facts; difference; Ex. discrepancy between two descriptions
::: magnate - person of prominence or influence; powerful or influential person (in business or industry); Ex. oil magnate
::: propagate - increase in number by producing young; multiply; spread; Ex. Most plants propagate by seed; Ex. newspaper propagating their ideas
::: recuperate - recover; return to health; regain; Ex. recuperate losses
::: gavel - hammerlike tool; mallet(wooden hammer) used by a presiding officer or an auctioneer; V.
::: gerontocracy - government ruled by old people
::: grandiloquent - (of a person or speech) using high sounding or important-sounding language; pompous; bombastic
