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 |
|---|---|
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| conspire | plot |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |