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 |
|---|---|
| bitter | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is peculiarly acrid, astringent, and often disagreeable and characteristic of citrus peels, unsweetened cocoa, black coffee, mature leafy greens (such as kale or mustard), or ale |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| exploit | deed |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| antecede | precede |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| hover | to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it |