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 |
|---|---|
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| exploit | deed |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| microcosm | a little world |