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 |
|---|---|
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| billowing | wave |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| anonymity | the quality or state of being anonymous |