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 |
|---|---|
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| energize | to make energetic, vigorous, or active |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| hurl | rush |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |