Exam: TOEFL

Definition: Being extremely aware of your surroundings and ready to react, often due to stress or anxiety.

Example: After the accident, she felt hyperalert and couldn't relax for days.

Definition: A state of increased psychological and physiological tension, often associated with anxiety or stress, where a person may feel overly alert or reactive to stimuli.

Example: After the traumatic event, she experienced hyperarousal, making it difficult for her to relax or sleep.

Definition: Being very aware of your surroundings or feelings, often more than usual.

Example: She felt hyperaware of every sound in the quiet room.

Definition: The state of being very aware or sensitive to things happening around you.

Example: Her hyperawareness made it difficult for her to relax in crowded places.

Definition: Relating to or occurring at pressures that are higher than normal atmospheric pressure, often used in medical treatments involving oxygen.

Example: The athlete underwent hyperbaric therapy to help with his recovery after the injury.

Definition: Relating to or characterized by hyperbole, which is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

Example: His hyperbolical claims about the product made it hard to believe any of his statements.

Definition: In a way that exaggerates or overstates something, often for emphasis or effect.

Example: She described the situation hyperbolically, making it sound much worse than it really was.

Definition: To make something sound more extreme or important than it really is by using exaggeration.

Example: He tends to hyperbolize his achievements to impress others.

Definition: To describe something in an exaggerated way that makes it seem more extreme than it really is.

Example: He tends to hyperbolize his achievements to impress others.

Definition: A condition where there is too much calcium in the blood.

Example: The doctor diagnosed her with hypercalcemia after reviewing her blood tests.

Definition: A medical condition where there is too much carbon dioxide in the blood, often due to not breathing enough.

Example: The patient was diagnosed with hypercapnia after the doctor noticed high levels of carbon dioxide in his blood.