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 |
|---|---|
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |