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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
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| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| privy | private |
| gravity | dignity or sobriety of bearing |
| nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |
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| occident | west |
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