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 |
|---|---|
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| freebooter | pirate |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| forte | one's strong point |