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 |
|---|---|
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| conflagration | fire |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |