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 |
|---|---|
| ichthyology | a branch of zoology that deals with fishes |
| concur | to express agreement |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| demerit | offense |
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |