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 |
|---|---|
| haggard | not tamed |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
| circlet | a little circle |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |