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 |
|---|---|
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| upright | perpendicular |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| flighty | swift |
| pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
| calculated | apt |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |