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 |
|---|---|
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| ecologist | a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |