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 |
|---|---|
| notable | worthy of note : remarkable |
| arid | excessively dry |
| appease | pacify |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| verve | the spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance : vivacity |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| bevy | a large group or collection |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |