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 |
|---|---|
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |
| edifice | building |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |