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 |
|---|---|
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| latitude | angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as |
| plane | airplane |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| foppish | foolish |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |