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 |
|---|---|
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| diabolical | of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| inductive | of, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |