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 |
|---|---|
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |