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 |
|---|---|
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| verisimilar | having the appearance of truth : probable |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| gazette | newspaper |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |