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 |
|---|---|
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| aplomb | complete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| teetotalism | the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |