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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asepticpreventing infection
discerningshowing insight and understanding : discriminating
veracityconformity with truth or fact : accuracy
soldera metal or metallic alloy used when melted to join metallic surfaces
lineagedescent in a line from a common progenitor
exorciseto expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration
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