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 |
|---|---|
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| mime | an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner |
| brink | edge |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |