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 |
|---|---|
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| outlook | a place offering a view |
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| innate | existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| iota | an infinitesimal amount : jot |