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 |
|---|---|
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| charlatan | quack |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| inkling | a slight knowledge or vague notion |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| culmination | the action of culminating |