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 |
|---|---|
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| politic | political |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| podium | a low wall serving as a foundation or terrace wall: such as |
| annul | to declare or make legally invalid or void |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |