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 |
|---|---|
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| license | permission to act |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| statute | a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |