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 |
|---|---|
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| exasperate | to cause irritation or annoyance to |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |