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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| addle | rotten |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |