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 |
|---|---|
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| violate | break |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |