GRE Word List
FIGURE
a number symbol : numeral
The meaning of the word figure is a number symbol : numeral.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |