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 |
|---|---|
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| 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 |