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 |
|---|---|
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |