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 |
|---|---|
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| pedagogy | the art, science, or profession of teaching |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| relish | characteristic flavor |
| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |
| score | twenty |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |