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

WordMeaning
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
nadirthe point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer
remittancea sum of money remitted
fuddlebooze
thesisa dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view
severto put or keep apart : divide
warrantsanction
contrivedevise
dichotomya division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities
distantseparated in space : away