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 |
|---|---|
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| obscure | dark |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| filial | of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |