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 |
|---|---|
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| nib | bill |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |