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 |
|---|---|
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |