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 |
|---|---|
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| expertise | the skill of an expert |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| trinket | a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring) |
| audit | a formal examination of an organization's or individual's accounts or financial situation |
| pedagogue | teacher |