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 |
|---|---|
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| fleet | a number of warships under a single command |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| yeoman | an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household |
| colloquy | conversation |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| expatriate | banish |