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 |
|---|---|
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| momentum | a property (see property |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| zephyr | a breeze from the west |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |