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 |
|---|---|
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| whittle | a large knife |
| opulence | wealth |
| immune | not susceptible or responsive |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| deserts | arid land with usually sparse vegetation |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |