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 |
|---|---|
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |