GRE Word List
ALLEGORY
the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence
The meaning of the word allegory is the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |