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 |
|---|---|
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| brag | a pompous or boastful statement |
| arsenal | an establishment for the manufacture or storage of arms and military equipment |
| wreak | bring about |