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 |
|---|---|
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| monogram | a sign of identity usually formed of the combined initials of a name |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| venison | the edible flesh of a game animal and especially a deer |
| pendant | something suspended: such as |