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 |
|---|---|
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| iota | an infinitesimal amount : jot |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |