GRE Word List

FEIGN

to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression

The meaning of the word feign is to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression.

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hazymade dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze
muggybeing warm, damp, and close
jostleto come in contact or into collision
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hypocriticalcharacterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy
ricketyaffected with rickets
etymologythe 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