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 |
|---|---|
| warranty | a real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| brazen | made of brass |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |