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 |
|---|---|
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| chapel | a subordinate or private place of worship: such as |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| rumble | to make a low heavy rolling sound |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| rivulet | a small stream |