GRE Word List
FIGURATIVE
not literal but metaphorical; using a figure(impression) of speech
The meaning of the word figurative is not literal but metaphorical; using a figure(impression) of speech.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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itinerant | wandering; traveling from place to place (to perform work); Ex. itinerant preacher |
bullion | gold and silver in the form of bars |
amorphous | formless; lacking shape or definition |
quash | crush; suppress; squash; subdue; annul; Ex. quash a rebellion/the decision of the low court |
bludgeon | club; heavy-headed weapon; V. |
dawdle | loiter; hang around; waste time doing nothing |
wrath | anger; fury |
malady | illness |
spatula | broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing |
profane | violate; desecrate (something holy); treat unworthily; be profane for; ADJ: secular; nonreligious; irreverent for holy things |