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 |
|---|---|
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| warrant | sanction |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |