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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| guileless | innocent |
| sartorial | of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes |
| equitable | having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |