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 |
|---|---|
| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| maritime | of, relating to, or bordering on the sea |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| trance | stupor |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |