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 |
|---|---|
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| victuals | food usable by people |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| fluke | flatfish |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |