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 |
|---|---|
| demise | death |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| overthrow | overturn |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| reek | smoke |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |