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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WordMeaning
balmyhaving the qualities of balm : soothing
vantagea position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view
voluptuoussuggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form
glowto shine with or as if with an intense heat
culminationthe action of culminating
pathosan element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion
granarya storehouse for threshed grain
depleteto empty of a principal substance
unseemlynot seemly: such as
shearto cut off the hair from