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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complementaryserving to fill out or complete
looma frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace
feuda mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate
decrepitudethe quality or state of being decrepit
talonthe claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey
inclementlacking mildness: such as
lullto cause to sleep or rest : soothe
salvagecompensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck
apothecaryone who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes
chaperona person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety