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 |
|---|---|
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| pedagogy | the art, science, or profession of teaching |
| faze | to disturb the composure of : disconcert |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
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