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 |
|---|---|
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| hardy | bold |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |