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 |
|---|---|
| nourishment | food |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| edifice | building |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |