GRE Word List
FIGURE
a number symbol : numeral
The meaning of the word figure is a number symbol : numeral.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |