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 |
|---|---|
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| celestial | of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| courier | messenger |