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 |
|---|---|
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| overwhelm | upset |
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |