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 |
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understate | to represent as less than is the case |
susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |
antiquity | ancient times |
slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
demented | mad |
defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
dire | exciting horror |