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 |
|---|---|
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| scintilla | spark |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |