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 |
|---|---|
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| rift | fissure |
| nourishment | food |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |