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 |
|---|---|
| audit | a formal examination of an organization's or individual's accounts or financial situation |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
| appease | pacify |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |