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 |
|---|---|
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| liability | the quality or state of being liable |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |