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 |
|---|---|
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| significant | having meaning |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| asymmetric | having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |