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 |
|---|---|
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| dint | force |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| lubricate | to make smooth or slippery |
