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

WordMeaning
feasiblecapable of being done or carried out
catalysta substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible
compensatoryto be equivalent to : counterbalance
interminablehaving or seeming to have no end
rendezvousa place appointed for assembling or meeting
buffooneryfoolish or playful behavior or practice
brusquemarkedly short and abrupt
intersticea space that intervenes between things
rebuttalthe act of rebutting especially in a legal suit
fuddlebooze