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 |
|---|---|
| nomenclature | name |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| delineate | to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail |
| virtual | being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |