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 |
|---|---|
| escapade | a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| provident | frugal |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |