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 |
|---|---|
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| escapade | a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct |
| addle | rotten |
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| revulsion | a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal |