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 |
|---|---|
| amulet | a charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft) |
| flux | a flowing of fluid from the body: such as |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| conflagration | fire |
| concordat | compact |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |