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 |
|---|---|
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| groom | bridegroom |
| charlatan | quack |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |