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 |
|---|---|
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| lope | an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter |
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |