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 |
|---|---|
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| trinket | a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring) |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |