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 |
|---|---|
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| omnipresent | present in all places at all times |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |