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 |
|---|---|
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| hirsute | hairy |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| consort | associate |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
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