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 |
|---|---|
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |