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 |
|---|---|
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| exegesis | exposition |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |