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 |
|---|---|
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| agenda | a list or outline of things to be considered or done |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |