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 |
|---|---|
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| score | twenty |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| sanction | a formal decree |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |