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 |
|---|---|
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| pugilist | fighter |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| dilute | attenuate |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| plait | pleat |
| whittle | a large knife |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |