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 |
|---|---|
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| padre | a Christian clergyman |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |