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 |
|---|---|
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| fervid | very hot : burning |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| tablet | a flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription |
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |