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 |
|---|---|
| narcissist | an individual showing symptoms of or affected by narcissism: such as |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |