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 |
|---|---|
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |