GRE Word List
FIGMENT
something made up or contrived
The meaning of the word figment is something made up or contrived.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| naivete | a naive remark or action |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |