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 |
|---|---|
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| fleet | a number of warships under a single command |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| flounder | flatfish |
| colloquy | conversation |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |