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 |
|---|---|
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| ewe | the female of the sheep especially when mature |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |