GRE Word List
FIGURINE
small ornamental statuette(very small statue)
The meaning of the word figurine is small ornamental statuette(very small statue).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| devout | pious; deeply religious; sincere; earnest; Ex. my devout hope |
| undermine | weaken gradually; sap; dig a mine beneath |
| mortify | humiliate by embarassing excessively; shame; punish the flesh; discipline (one's body) by self-denial; Ex. mortified by her blunder; Ex. mortify the flesh; CF. cause to die |
| grimace | facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust, etc; V. |
| posterity | descendants; future generations; Ex. go down to posterity; CF. posterior, anterior |
| weird | eerie; strange; unnatural |
| ethos | underlying character of a culture, group, etc.; character or ideas peculiar to a specific person, group, or culture; Ex. the company ethos |
| plaintive | expressing sorrow; mournful; Ex. plaintive song |
| embezzlement | taking for one's own use in violation of trust; stealing (of money placed in one's care) |
| vigil | keeping watch (during normal sleeping hours); Ex. all-night vigil |