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 |
|---|---|
| flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |