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 |
|---|---|
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| polyglot | one who is polyglot |
| delusive | likely to delude |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |