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 |
|---|---|
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |
| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |