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 |
|---|---|
| document | proof |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| conformity | correspondence in form, manner, or character : agreement |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| weather | the state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| dire | exciting horror |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |