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 |
|---|---|
| doze | to sleep lightly |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| diadem | crown |
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| unkempt | not combed |