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 |
|---|---|
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| extrovert | a person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |