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 |
|---|---|
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| thrive | to grow vigorously : flourish |
| collected | gathered together |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| sidetrack | siding |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |