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 |
|---|---|
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| oblivious | lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |