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 |
|---|---|
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| fruition | pleasurable use or possession : enjoyment |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| humdrum | monotonous |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| descry | to catch sight of |