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 |
|---|---|
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| doddering | feeble |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| ubiquitous | existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |