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 |
|---|---|
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| decipher | decode |