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 |
|---|---|
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| verbalize | to express something in words |
| bountiful | liberal or generous in bestowing gifts or favors |
| aspirant | one who aspires |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| hale | free from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |