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 |
|---|---|
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
| effulgent | radiant splendor : brilliance |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| fulcrum | prop |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| tactful | having or showing tact |