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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| rustle | to make or cause a rustle |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| demerit | offense |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |