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 |
|---|---|
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| season | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| gazette | newspaper |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |