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 |
|---|---|
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| duration | continuance in time |
| congenial | pleasant |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| brawny | muscular |
| savory | having savor: such as |