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 |
|---|---|
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| demolition | the act of demolishing |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |