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 |
|---|---|
| dishonor | lack or loss of honor or reputation |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| alluvial | relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium |