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 |
|---|---|
| edifice | building |
| nebula | any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space |
| fauna | animal life |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |