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 |
|---|---|
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| willowy | abounding with willows |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |