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 |
|---|---|
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| schematic | of or relating to a scheme or schema |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| inaugurate | to induct into an office with suitable ceremonies |