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 |
|---|---|
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |