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 |
|---|---|
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| clime | climate |
| ploy | escapade |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| gibberish | unintelligible or meaningless language: |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |