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 |
|---|---|
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |