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 |
|---|---|
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| implement | a device used in the performance of a task : tool |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| outrage | an act of violence or brutality |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |