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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WordMeaning
mutilateto cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect
flinchto withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince
quotidianoccurring every day
retractto draw back or in
climacticof, relating to, or constituting a climax
husbandrythe cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture
grapplethe act or an instance of grappling
dearthscarcity that makes dear
witherto become dry and sapless
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature