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 |
|---|---|
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |