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 |
|---|---|
| faze | to disturb the composure of : disconcert |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| congenital | existing at or dating from birth |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |