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 |
|---|---|
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| retiring | reserved |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| pontifical | episcopal attire |
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |