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 |
|---|---|
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| dart | a light spear |