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 |
|---|---|
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| tramp | to walk, tread, or step especially heavily |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |