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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implausiblenot plausible : provoking disbelief
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malignanttending to produce death or deterioration
sustainto give support or relief to
quellto thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity
drollhaving a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality
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clefta space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure
perpetualcontinuing forever : everlasting