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 |
|---|---|
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| resolution | the act or process of resolving: such as |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| problematic | posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |