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 |
|---|---|
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |