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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| militate | to have weight or effect |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
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| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |