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 |
|---|---|
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| transgression | an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |