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 |
|---|---|
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| succor | relief |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |