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

WordMeaning
authoritativehaving, marked by, or proceeding from authority
nauseouscausing nausea or disgust : nauseating
septicof, relating to, or causing putrefaction
expostulationan act or an instance of expostulating
proverba brief popular epigram or maxim : adage
minusculevery small
prodigalcharacterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish
ancestryline of descent : lineage
peripatetica follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism
transmuteto change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form