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 |
|---|---|
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| rustle | to make or cause a rustle |