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 |
|---|---|
| finale | the close or termination of something: such as |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| fake | not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |