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 |
|---|---|
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| facade | the front of a building |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |