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 |
|---|---|
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |