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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.

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WordMeaning
skulduggeryunderhanded or unscrupulous behavior
ossifyto change into bone
wistfulfull of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy
gentlefree from harshness, sternness, or violence
prototypean original model on which something is patterned : archetype
disquisitiona formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse
poulticea soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions
boisterousnoisily turbulent : rowdy
incandescentwhite, glowing, or luminous with intense heat
thrashto beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog