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 |
|---|---|
| exhale | to rise or be given off as vapor |
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| abrasive | causing damage, wear, or removal of surface material by grinding or rubbing : tending to abrade |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |