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 |
|---|---|
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| typhoon | a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or the China sea |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |