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 |
|---|---|
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| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |