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 |
|---|---|
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| humility | freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |