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 |
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sleight | deceitful craftiness |
rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
decipher | decode |
retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
outgoing | going away : departing |
innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
plumber | a dealer or worker in lead |
expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |