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 |
|---|---|
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |