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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |