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 |
|---|---|
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| dart | a light spear |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |