GRE Word List
FIGURE
a number symbol : numeral
The meaning of the word figure is a number symbol : numeral.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| amity | friendship |
| astronomical | of or relating to astronomy |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| paltry | inferior |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |