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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
| striated | marked with striations or striae |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |