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 |
|---|---|
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |