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 |
|---|---|
| savor | the taste or smell of something |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| marshal | a high official in the household of a medieval king, prince, or noble originally having charge of the cavalry but later usually in command of the military forces |
| foible | the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |