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 |
|---|---|
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| hazard | a source of danger |
| skeptic | an adherent or advocate of skepticism |
| egress | a place or means of going out : exit |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| brevity | shortness of duration |