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 |
|---|---|
| prosody | the study of versification |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |
| billowing | wave |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |