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 |
|---|---|
| deputize | to appoint as deputy |
| executor | one who executes something |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| venison | the edible flesh of a game animal and especially a deer |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |