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 |
|---|---|
| felon | one who has committed a felony |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| exhume | disinter |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |