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 |
|---|---|
| dilute | attenuate |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |