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 |
|---|---|
| marrow | bone marrow |
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |