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 |
|---|---|
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |