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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| 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 |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| giddy | dizzy |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |