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 |
|---|---|
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| condign | deserved |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |