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

WordMeaning
writheto twist into coils or folds
insolventunable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business
propinquitynearness of blood : kinship
salientmoving by leaps or springs : jumping
spendthrifta person who spends improvidently or wastefully
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
askewout of line : at an angle
betrayto lead astray
fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
pestilentialcausing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly