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 |
|---|---|
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| choreography | the art of symbolically representing dancing |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| disclose | to make known or public |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |
| horde | a political subdivision of central Asian nomads |