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 |
|---|---|
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| mauve | a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| precipitous | precipitate |