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 |
|---|---|
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| verdant | green in tint or color |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| consort | associate |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |