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 |
|---|---|
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| nutrient | furnishing nourishment |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| domicile | a dwelling place : place of residence : home |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |