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 |
|---|---|
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| graduate | to receive an academic degree or diploma |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| conclusive | of, relating to, or being a conclusion |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |