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 |
|---|---|
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| spartan | a native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| grudging | unwilling |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |