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 |
|---|---|
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| invoke | to petition for help or support |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| pliant | pliable |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |