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 |
|---|---|
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| seismic | of, subject to, or caused by an earthquake |
| kismet | fate |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |