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 |
|---|---|
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| gusty | the sensation of taste |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |
| agenda | a list or outline of things to be considered or done |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |