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

WordMeaning
flickerto move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter
lagone that lags or is last
sciondescendant
disperseto cause to break up (see break up
penumbraa space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light
assumptiona taking to or upon oneself
floraa treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period
affinityrelationship by marriage
impassea predicament affording no obvious escape
ferreta domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat