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 |
|---|---|
| skiff | any of various small boats |
| incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| dissension | disagreement |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| comestible | edible |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |