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 |
|---|---|
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
| denomination | an act of denominating |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |