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 |
|---|---|
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| bereaved | suffering the death of a loved one |
| sentinel | sentry |
| jeopardize | to expose to danger or risk : imperil |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| cataclysm | flood |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |