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 |
|---|---|
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
| comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |
| fluke | flatfish |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| solder | a metal or metallic alloy used when melted to join metallic surfaces |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| kismet | fate |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |