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 |
|---|---|
| trenchant | keen |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| ploy | escapade |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |