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 |
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| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| serenity | the quality or state of being serene |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |