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 |
|---|---|
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| pliant | pliable |
| delusive | likely to delude |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |