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 |
|---|---|
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| savory | having savor: such as |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| inflated | distended with air or gas |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |