GRE Word List

FIGURATIVE

representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic

The meaning of the word figurative is representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic.

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WordMeaning
torpora state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility
vouchsafeto grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner
providentfrugal
addenduma thing added : addition
quaffto drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously
flightyswift
pulverizeto reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize
militantengaged in warfare or combat : fighting
jovialcharacterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly
equineof, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family