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 |
|---|---|
| bountiful | liberal or generous in bestowing gifts or favors |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| resilient | characterized or marked by resilience: such as |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| certitude | the state of being or feeling certain |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| filial | of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter |