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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WordMeaning
ingratiateto gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort
effaceto eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface
seismicof, subject to, or caused by an earthquake
mercantileof or relating to merchants or trading
odoroushaving an odor: such as
aptitudeinclination
spasmodicrelating to or affected or characterized by spasm
guyman
aversiona feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it
protuberancesomething that is protuberant