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 |
|---|---|
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| stem_from | arise from; originate from |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |