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 |
|---|---|
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| conformity | correspondence in form, manner, or character : agreement |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |