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 |
|---|---|
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| anonymity | the quality or state of being anonymous |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |