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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| obese | having excessive body fat |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| whinny | to neigh especially in a low or gentle way |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |