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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| potpourri | a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| bout | a spell or period of activity: such as |
| giddy | dizzy |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |