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 |
|---|---|
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| doze | to sleep lightly |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| enlist | to secure the support and aid of : employ in advancing an interest |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |