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 |
|---|---|
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| neologism | a new word, usage, or expression |
| spoof | deceive |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| rumble | to make a low heavy rolling sound |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |