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 |
|---|---|
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| wrench | to move with a violent twist |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
| raspy | harsh |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |