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 |
|---|---|
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| ebullient | boiling |
| frolic | full of fun : merry |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| verisimilar | having the appearance of truth : probable |
| enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |