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 |
|---|---|
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| lout | to bow in respect |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| unruly | not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed |