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 |
|---|---|
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| mystic | mystical |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
| retribution | recompense |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| cosmic | of or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone |
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |