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 |
|---|---|
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| sleek | slick |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| debut | a first appearance |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |