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 |
|---|---|
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| nurture | training |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| tactful | having or showing tact |