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 |
|---|---|
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| dint | force |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| clip | encompass |
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |