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 |
|---|---|
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| witless | destitute of wit or understanding : foolish |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| dull | tedious |