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 |
|---|---|
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| indecisive | marked by or prone to indecision : irresolute |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| gamut | the whole series of recognized musical notes |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |