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 |
|---|---|
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| fauna | animal life |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| throes | pang |
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| conceit | favorable opinion |