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

WordMeaning
inceptionan act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement
lanknot well filled out : slender
fretto eat or gnaw into : corrode
dexterousmentally adroit and skillful : clever
obtrudeto thrust out : extrude
nonsensewords or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas
vernacularusing a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language
compellingthat compels: such as
consanguineousof the same blood or origin
cursoryrapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty