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 |
|---|---|
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| rumble | to make a low heavy rolling sound |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| unfrock | defrock |
| skiff | any of various small boats |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| provident | frugal |
| economy | the structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period |