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 |
|---|---|
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| smear | a viscous or sticky substance |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| nebulous | of, relating to, or resembling a nebula : nebular |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |