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 |
|---|---|
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| indenture | a document or a section of a document that is indented |
| growl | rumble |