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 |
|---|---|
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| decipher | decode |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| encumber | weigh down |
| fiasco | a complete failure |