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 |
|---|---|
| residual | remainder |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| random | a haphazard course |
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |