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 |
|---|---|
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| headlong | headfirst |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| lustrous | reflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle |
| regime | regimen |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |
| viand | an item of food |