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 |
|---|---|
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| dermatologist | a branch of medicine dealing with the skin, its structure, functions, and diseases |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |