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 |
|---|---|
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| query | question |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |