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 |
|---|---|
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| diadem | crown |
| indelible | that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| denizen | inhabitant |