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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plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
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mishap | an unfortunate accident |
prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
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germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |