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 |
|---|---|
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| swill | wash |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| physiological | of or relating to physiology |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| humility | freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |