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 |
|---|---|
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| deserts | arid land with usually sparse vegetation |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| ejaculation | an act of ejaculating |