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 |
|---|---|
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| healthy | enjoying good health |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |
| snivel | to run at the nose |