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 |
|---|---|
| gamut | the whole series of recognized musical notes |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| prosper | to succeed in an enterprise or activity |
| lackluster | lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull |
| finale | the close or termination of something: such as |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |