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 |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| equity | justice according to natural law or right |
| flip | to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |