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 |
|---|---|
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| seedy | containing or full of seeds |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |