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 |
|---|---|
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |
| pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| slander | to utter slander against : defame |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |