GRE Word List
METAPHOR
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
The meaning of the word metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |
| condign | deserved |
| weather | the state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| integrate | to form, coordinate, or blend into a functioning or unified whole : unite |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |