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 |
|---|---|
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| oblivious | lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention |
| congenial | pleasant |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| devious | wandering |