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 |
|---|---|
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| sneak | to go stealthily or furtively : slink |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |