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 |
|---|---|
| venue | locale |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| billowing | wave |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| pedestrian | commonplace |