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 |
|---|---|
| viable | capable of living |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| astronomical | of or relating to astronomy |
| drab | slattern |
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |
| vixen | a female fox |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |