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 |
|---|---|
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| exegesis | exposition |
| ecclesiastic | ecclesiastical |
| sodden | dull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |