GRE Word List
FIGURE
a number symbol : numeral
The meaning of the word figure is a number symbol : numeral.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |