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 |
|---|---|
| bouillon | a clear seasoned soup made usually from lean beef |
| finicky | extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| anonymity | the quality or state of being anonymous |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |