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 |
|---|---|
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| lustrous | reflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |