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 |
|---|---|
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| fuddle | booze |
| thesis | a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| warrant | sanction |
| contrive | devise |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| distant | separated in space : away |