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 |
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| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |