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 |
|---|---|
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| swathe | a band used in swathing |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| postulate | demand |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| astral | of, relating to, or coming from the stars |
| eventual | contingent |