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 |
|---|---|
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| mendicant | beggar |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |