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 |
|---|---|
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| curator | a person who oversees or manages a place (such as a museum or zoo) that offers exhibits |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| mischance | bad luck |
| dys- | abnormal |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| whimsy | whim |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |