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 |
|---|---|
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| lofty | elevated in character and spirit : noble |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |