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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buccaneerany of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies
circumspectcareful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent
colloquialused in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
mandatoryrequired by a law or rule : obligatory
dilatorytending or intended to cause delay
darta light spear
miscellaneousconsisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
rhetoricthe art of speaking or writing effectively: such as