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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WordMeaning
stratuma bed or layer artificially made
daisa raised platform (as in a hall or large room)
whelpany of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog
maelstroma powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius
cowerto shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays
incriminateto charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault
supposititiousfraudulently substituted : spurious
crypticsecret
matrimonythe state of being married : marriage
pragmaticrelating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic