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 |
|---|---|
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |
| exude | to ooze out |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| composure | a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |