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 |
|---|---|
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| conflagration | fire |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| savor | the taste or smell of something |
| gargantuan | tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic |