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 |
|---|---|
| notoriety | the quality or state of being notorious |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| vivacious | lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |