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 |
|---|---|
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| egregious | conspicuous |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| upright | perpendicular |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| stem_from | arise from; originate from |
| dart | a light spear |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |