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 |
|---|---|
| endue | provide |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| foray | a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid |
| trample | tramp |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |