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 |
|---|---|
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| naivete | a naive remark or action |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |