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 |
|---|---|
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |
| eccentricity | the quality or state of being eccentric |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| medium | something in a middle position |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |