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 |
|---|---|
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| benefactor | someone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit |
| garnish | decorate |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| stout | strong of character: such as |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |