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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| inequity | injustice |
| boor | peasant |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |