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 |
|---|---|
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| unruly | not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |