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 |
|---|---|
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| foppish | foolish |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| healthy | enjoying good health |
| menial | a person doing menial work |