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 |
|---|---|
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| toga | the loose outer garment worn in public by citizens of ancient Rome |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |