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 |
|---|---|
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| fuddle | booze |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |