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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |