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 |
|---|---|
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |
| junket | trip |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| comprise | to be made up of |
| deviate | to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |