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 |
|---|---|
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| restitution | an act of restoring or a condition of being restored: such as |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| grotto | cave |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |