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 |
|---|---|
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
| conformity | correspondence in form, manner, or character : agreement |
| fleet | a number of warships under a single command |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| apostate | one who commits apostasy |
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |