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 |
|---|---|
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| random | a haphazard course |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |