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 |
|---|---|
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| hardy | bold |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| apprehend | arrest |
| notoriety | the quality or state of being notorious |