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 |
|---|---|
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| machiavellian | of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism |
| epaulet | something that ornaments or protects the shoulder: such as |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| obsidian | a dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
