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 |
|---|---|
| jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| apprehend | arrest |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| florid | very flowery in style : ornate |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |