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 |
|---|---|
| exult | to be extremely joyful : rejoice |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |