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 |
|---|---|
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |