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 |
|---|---|
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| medium | something in a middle position |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| antecede | precede |