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 |
|---|---|
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| debut | a first appearance |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |