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 |
|---|---|
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| whittle | a large knife |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |