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 |
|---|---|
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| inaugurate | to induct into an office with suitable ceremonies |
| impending | occurring or likely to occur soon : upcoming |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |