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 |
|---|---|
| delusive | likely to delude |
| feint | something feigned |
| humility | freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble |
| communal | of or relating to one or more communes |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| hover | to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it |
| spate | freshet |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |