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 |
|---|---|
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| anesthetic | of, relating to, or capable of producing anesthesia |