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 |
|---|---|
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| adjutant | a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |