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 |
|---|---|
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| incessant | continuing or following without interruption : unceasing |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| demented | mad |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |