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 |
|---|---|
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| faculty | ability |
| ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |