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 |
|---|---|
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| hibernal | of, relating to, or occurring in winter |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |