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 |
|---|---|
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| gibberish | unintelligible or meaningless language: |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |