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 |
|---|---|
| flashy | lacking in substance or flavor : insipid |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| censor | a person who supervises conduct and morals: such as |
| whittle | a large knife |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |