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 |
|---|---|
| fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |
| entourage | one's attendants or associates |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| spare | not being used |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |