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 |
|---|---|
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |