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 |
|---|---|
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| reaper | one that reaps |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| lode | waterway |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| repercussion | reflection |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| hap | happening |