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

WordMeaning
transcendentexceeding usual limits : surpassing
quackto make the characteristic cry of a duck
munificentvery liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow
frustrateto balk or defeat in an endeavor
anomalysomething different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous
accompliceone associated with another especially in wrongdoing
ineffableincapable of being expressed in words : indescribable
quiescentmarked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest
dourstern
frescothe art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments