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 |
|---|---|
| pontifical | episcopal attire |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| expertise | the skill of an expert |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |