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 |
|---|---|
| tramp | to walk, tread, or step especially heavily |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
| expound | to set forth : state |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |