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 |
|---|---|
| finale | the close or termination of something: such as |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |