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 |
|---|---|
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |