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 |
|---|---|
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| nautical | of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships |
| eulogy | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| rent | property (such as a house) rented or for rent |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |