GRE Word List
ANALOGY
a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect
The meaning of the word analogy is a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| license | permission to act |
| sidetrack | siding |
| braid | to make from braids |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| anomalous | inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular |