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 |
|---|---|
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| blackball | to vote against |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |