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

WordMeaning
gruela thin porridge
concisemarked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail
acrophobiaabnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights
conclavea private meeting or secret assembly
epiloguea concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work
solemnityformal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event
superannuatedoutmoded
superimposeto place or lay over or above something
derivationthe formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix)
rampa sloping way or plane: such as