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 |
|---|---|
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| reverie | daydream |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| junket | trip |