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 |
|---|---|
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| circlet | a little circle |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |