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 |
|---|---|
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| entomology | a branch of zoology that deals with insects |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| rank | relative standing or position |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |