GRE Word List
ANALOGOUS
similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail
The meaning of the word analogous is similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| collected | gathered together |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| obsidian | a dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |