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 |
|---|---|
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |