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 |
|---|---|
| ecclesiastic | ecclesiastical |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |