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 |
|---|---|
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| sidereal | of, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |