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 |
|---|---|
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |