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 |
|---|---|
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |