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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
imperilto bring into peril : endanger
blotchto mark or mar with blotches
retrospectiveof, relating to, or given to retrospection
stalematea drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play
constraintthe act of constraining
dissentto withhold assent or approval
trickleto issue or fall in drops
polyglotone who is polyglot
delusivelikely to delude
concedeto acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly