GRE Word List
SIMILE
a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor
The meaning of the word simile is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| headlong | headfirst |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |
| recast | to cast again |
| bout | a spell or period of activity: such as |
| polity | political organization |
| plethora | an ample amount or number : abundance |