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 |
|---|---|
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| chorus | a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |