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.

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impermeablenot permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance
obtusenot pointed or acute : blunt
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