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 |
|---|---|
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| 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 |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| magnate | a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area |
| reactionary | relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction |
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |