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 |
|---|---|
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| acidulous | somewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| reverie | daydream |
| disgruntle | to make ill-humored or discontented |
| harass | exhaust |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |