GRE Word List
PARABLE
a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle
The meaning of the word parable is a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| defect | an imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| obscure | dark |