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 |
|---|---|
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| compact | predominantly formed or filled : composed |
| skiff | any of various small boats |
| gusty | the sensation of taste |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |