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 |
|---|---|
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| perfidious | of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| betray | to lead astray |
| drivel | nonsense |
| arboreal | of, relating to, or resembling a tree |