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 |
|---|---|
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |