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 |
|---|---|
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |