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 |
|---|---|
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| regatta | a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| asunder | into parts |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |