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 |
|---|---|
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| adorn | to enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects |
| generate | to bring into existence: such as |
| unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |