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 |
|---|---|
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| illuminate | to supply or brighten with light |
| feint | something feigned |
| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |