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 |
|---|---|
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| cryptic | secret |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |