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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
| jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| migratory | of, relating to, or characterized by migration |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |