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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |
| reverie | daydream |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| fritter | a small mass of fried or sautéed batter often containing fruit or meat |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| hubris | exaggerated pride or self-confidence |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |