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
flashylacking in substance or flavor : insipid
stolidhaving or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional
staidmarked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober
interdicta Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district
trothloyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity
importuneto press or urge with troublesome persistence
genesisthe origin or coming into being of something
censora person who supervises conduct and morals: such as
whittlea large knife
evasivetending or intended to evade : equivocal