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 |
|---|---|
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |
| unequivocal | leaving no doubt : clear |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |