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 |
|---|---|
| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| braid | to make from braids |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| bifurcated | divided into two branches or parts |