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 |
|---|---|
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |