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 |
|---|---|
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| pudding | blood sausage |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |
| consort | associate |