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 |
|---|---|
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| apostate | one who commits apostasy |
| euphony | pleasing or sweet sound |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| despot | a ruler with absolute power and authority |