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When you act with abandon, you give in to the impulse of the moment and behave in a wild, uncontrolled way.
When a person is speaking or writing in a bombastic fashion, they are very self-centered, extremely showy, and excessively proud.
Candor is the quality of being honest and open in speech or action.
A caricature of someone is an exaggerated drawing or description that is designed to make that person look silly.
When something is subjected to distortion, it is twisted out of shape in some way.
An egregious mistake, failure, or problem is an extremely bad and very noticeable one.
Empirical evidence or study is based on real experience or scientific experiments rather than on unproven theories.
An exorbitant price or fee is much higher than what it should be or what is considered reasonable.
If you use words in a figurative way, they have an abstract or symbolic meaning beyond their literal interpretation.
Grandiloquent speech is highly formal, exaggerated, and often seems both silly and hollow because it is expressly used to appear impressive and important.
Something that is inconspicuous does not attract attention and is not easily seen or noticed because it is small or ordinary.
If something is inordinate, it is much larger in amount or degree than is normally expected.
A malapropism is an unintentional and usually humorous mistake you make when you use a word that sounds similar to the word you actually intended to use but means something completely different.
When you behave with moderation, you live in a balanced and measured way; you do nothing to excess.
If someone is objective, they base their opinions on facts rather than personal feelings or beliefs.
Someone is overweening when they are not modest; rather, they think way too much of themselves and let everyone know about it.
Probity is very moral and honest behavior.
Someone who behaves in a prodigal way spends a lot of money and/or time carelessly and wastefully with no concern for the future.
A profusion of something is a very large quantity or variety of it.
A qualified statement has been limited, restricted, or changed in some way.
If you say that one thing is a travesty of a second thing, you mean that the first is an extremely bad, crude, or absurd version of the second.
Tropes are expressions, phrases, or words that writers use as a clever method for expressing everyday ideas in a nonliteral and creative way.
Something that is unadorned is not made more attractive with ornament or decoration.
Someone who is unassuming is not boastful or arrogant; rather, they are modest or humble.
A feeling that is unbridled is enthusiastic and unlimited in its expression.
If someone acts in an unobtrusive way, their actions are not easily noticed and do not stand out in any way.
The veracity of something is its truthfulness.
Verisimilitude is something’s authenticity or appearance of being real or true.
The verity of something is the truth or reality of it.
Noun
hyperbole
hahy-PUR-buh-lee
Context
Advertising companies often engage in false and flowery hyperbole or exaggeration. One ad that uses gross distortion or hyperbole suggests that a type of shampoo can make one’s hair shine as brightly as the sun itself! Overstatement via the use of hyperbole is so prevalent in the ad industry that consumers have become wise to the fact that they shouldn’t believe everything they hear about advertised products.
Bowling Hype "Hey, James, have you heard the hype about the new bowling ball? The hype says that the bowling ball will not only help you get a strike every time, but that its shiny reflection will make you so attractive that you'll have women all over you! Isn't that awesome?" I couldn't believe that my friend actually believed the hyperbole about the bowling ball ... what ridiculous hype.
Examples
Yes, Mahomes was kidding when he said this will be Brady’s 150th Super Bowl. But the hyperbole is allowed.
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USA Today
Payne, a spirited man prone to hyperbole, claimed Atlanta would be "the safest place on this wonderful planet."
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Sports Illustrated
The use of hyperbole is a “throwing” of words “over or above” the reality of a situation.
Word Theater
Oliver Oliver's hyperbole is heartfelt.
The panel shows a small video clip of either the word in actual use or a scene that represents the meaning of a word. This not only breaks up the monotony of studying words but also provides another avenue to strengthen word meaning. Enjoy!
