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 |
|---|---|
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |