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 |
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| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| ichthyology | a branch of zoology that deals with fishes |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
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| auroral | dawn |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |