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 |
|---|---|
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |