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 |
|---|---|
| braid | to make from braids |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| nuance | a subtle distinction or variation |
| imbue | endow |