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 |
|---|---|
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |
| gnarl | snarl |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |