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 |
| dispirited | to deprive of morale or enthusiasm |
| figurine | a small carved or molded figure : statuette |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| unbridled | unrestrained |