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 |
|---|---|
| sartorial | of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes |
| demeanor | behavior toward others : outward manner |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| minuscule | very small |