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 |
|---|---|
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| clientele | a body of clients |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| imbalance | lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion |