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.

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WordMeaning
vyingcontending; to strive for superiority
irremediablenot remediable
bawdyboisterously or humorously indecent
ornithologista branch of zoology dealing with birds
depositiona testifying especially before a court
parameteran arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves)
concoctto prepare by combining raw materials
idioman expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way)
providentfrugal
plummetto fall perpendicularly