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 |
|---|---|
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| iota | an infinitesimal amount : jot |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |