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.

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WordMeaning
intuitionthe power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference
virulentmarked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course
begetto procreate as the father : sire
destitutelacking something needed or desirable
linguisticof or relating to language or linguistics
secessionwithdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement
veneera thin sheet of a material: such as
embossto raise the surface of into bosses
mannerismexaggerated or affected (see affected
inflateddistended with air or gas