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 |
|---|---|
| disquietude | anxiety |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |
| demoniac | possessed or influenced by a demon |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |