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 |
|---|---|
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |
| submerge | to put under water |
| corrugated | having corrugations |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |