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 |
|---|---|
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| conducive | tending to promote or assist |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| attentive | mindful |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| abnegation | denial |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| postulate | demand |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| transport | to transfer or convey from one place to another |