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 |
|---|---|
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| obsidian | a dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |