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 |
|---|---|
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| maritime | of, relating to, or bordering on the sea |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| fleck | streak |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |