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 |
|---|---|
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |