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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |