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 |
|---|---|
| beguile | hoodwink |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |