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 |
|---|---|
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |
| overthrow | overturn |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |