GRE Word List
FIGURE
a number symbol : numeral
The meaning of the word figure is a number symbol : numeral.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| replenish | to fill or build up again |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| glare | to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light |