GRE Word List
FIGURINE
a small carved or molded figure : statuette
The meaning of the word figurine is a small carved or molded figure : statuette.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |