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 |
|---|---|
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| queue | a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |