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 |
|---|---|
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| calligraphy | artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering |
| anarchist | a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| pundit | pandit |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| warranty | a real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title |