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 |
|---|---|
| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| verge | brink |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| whimsy | whim |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |