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 |
|---|---|
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| quench | put out |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |