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 |
|---|---|
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| pivotal | of, relating to, or constituting a pivot |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| arid | excessively dry |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |