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 |
|---|---|
| flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| scion | descendant |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |