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 |
|---|---|
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| prattle | prate |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| embark | to go on board a vehicle for transportation |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |
| beleaguer | besiege |