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 |
|---|---|
| latitude | angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| divine | of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| compact | predominantly formed or filled : composed |