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 |
|---|---|
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| debonair | suave |
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |