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 |
|---|---|
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| serenity | the quality or state of being serene |