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 |
|---|---|
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| kneel | to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor |
| demure | reserved |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |