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 |
|---|---|
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |