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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| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| stymie | to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |