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 |
|---|---|
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| concentric | having a common center |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |