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 |
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| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
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| ponderous | of very great weight |