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 |
|---|---|
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| dormer | a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| transport | to transfer or convey from one place to another |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| dull | tedious |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |