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 |
|---|---|
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| vouch | to supply supporting evidence or testimony |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| toss | to throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| quicksilver | mercury |