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 |
|---|---|
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| minuscule | very small |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |