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 |
|---|---|
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| rail | a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| dally | to act playfully |
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |