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 |
|---|---|
| ken | the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |