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Exaggeration

/ɪˌɡzædʒəˈreɪʃən/
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(noun) The act of heaping or piling up.

It is no exaggeration to say that he is a first-rate writer.
He has a tendency toward exaggeration.
CEFR Practice Quiz
His claim of catching a ten-foot fish was clearly an ____ meant to impress his friends.

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