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 |
|---|---|
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| geniality | marked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness |
| incantation | a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic |
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |