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 |
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fluke | flatfish |
hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
reverie | daydream |
recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |