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 |
|---|---|
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |