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 |
|---|---|
| seemly | good-looking |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| nuance | a subtle distinction or variation |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |