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 |
|---|---|
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| unanimity | the quality or state of being unanimous |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |
| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |