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 |
|---|---|
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |