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 |
|---|---|
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| disport | sport |
| polity | political organization |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |