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 |
|---|---|
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
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| incantation | a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |