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 |
|---|---|
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| eventual | contingent |
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |