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 |
|---|---|
| harass | exhaust |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| complement | something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |