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 |
|---|---|
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| dingy | dirty |
| mortician | undertaker |