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

WordMeaning
braggarta loud arrogant boaster
pedigreea register recording a line of ancestors
illusivebased on or producing illusion : illusory
wastrelvagabond
boorishresembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor
donto put on (an article of clothing)
scuttlea shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce)
effervescencethe property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing
implyto express indirectly
inuredto accustom to accept something undesirable