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 |
|---|---|
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| astronomical | of or relating to astronomy |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |