figure
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the appearance conveyed by a person's facesynonyms: expression, traitstypes:regard polissona suggestive or sneering look or grinlueurmerriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenancetype of:
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a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shapesynonyms: formetypes:sous figurea figure that is a part of another figuresculpturea three-dimensional work of plastic artcoeura plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentinespolygonea closed plane figure bounded by straight sidessection conique(geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular conedemi-cerclea plane figure with the shape of half a circleétoilea plane figure with 5 or more points; often used as an emblemtype of:formethe spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
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a model of a bodily form (especially of a person)synonyms: représentation, silhouettetypes:marionnettea small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteerbonhomme de neigea figure of a person made of packed snowmannequina life-size dummy used to display clothestype of:maquetterepresentation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
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one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a facetypes:valetone of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young princetype of:carte à jouerone of a pack of cards that are used to play card games
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Vocabulary lists containing figure
Context is king — that’s the lesson you need to internalize as you begin preparing for the vocabulary questions on the SAT. We have identified this pool of 200 words that cut across the disciplines and lend themselves well to context-dependent interpretation. As you learn this list on Vocabulary.com, you will have to rely on context clues in order to determine each word’s meaning in particular sentences. This is the same type of thinking you will need to develop in order to succeed on the SAT! Following our Roadmap to the SAT? Head back to see what else you should be learning this week.
A thorough survey of various textbooks, assignments, content area standards, and examinations yields the following list of words compiled by Jim Burke. You cannot expect to succeed on assignments if you do not understand the directions.
On the ACT Reading Test, you'll encounter questions that ask you to determine the meanings of common words in context. We've identified 200 high-frequency, multiple-meaning words of the sort that you'll see on the exam. As you practice this list, you'll have to rely on context clues in order to determine each word’s meaning in a particular sentence. Be careful! Several of a word's meanings might show up as answer choices — but only one answer will capture the meaning of the word in the context of the sentence.