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 |
|---|---|
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| incline | to bend the head or body forward : bow |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| demise | death |
| remnant | a usually small part, member, or trace remaining |
| conflagration | fire |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| causal | expressing or indicating cause : causative |
| subsistence | real being : existence |