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 |
|---|---|
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |