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 |
|---|---|
| outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| lateral | of or relating to the side |