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 |
|---|---|
| disgruntle | to make ill-humored or discontented |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| spare | not being used |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |