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 |
|---|---|
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| ken | the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge |
| culinary | of or relating to the kitchen or cookery |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |