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 |
|---|---|
| monochrome | a painting, drawing, or photograph in a single hue |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| raiment | clothing |
| assent | to agree to or approve of something (such as an idea or suggestion) especially after thoughtful consideration : concur |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| puerile | juvenile |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |