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 |
|---|---|
| cryptic | secret |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |