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 |
|---|---|
| intermediary | mediator |
| inductive | of, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |