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 |
|---|---|
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| colossal | of, relating to, or resembling a colossus |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |