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 |
|---|---|
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| odorous | having an odor: such as |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |