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 |
|---|---|
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| eulogy | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| flounder | flatfish |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| exult | to be extremely joyful : rejoice |