GRE Word List
FIGMENT
something made up or contrived
The meaning of the word figment is something made up or contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| fleet | a number of warships under a single command |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |