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.

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WordMeaning
panga brief piercing spasm of pain
loutto bow in respect
embossto raise the surface of into bosses
boisterousnoisily turbulent : rowdy
prototypean original model on which something is patterned : archetype
bolta lightning stroke
alloythe degree of mixture with base metals : fineness
consolean architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament
flinchto withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince
unrulynot readily ruled, disciplined, or managed