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 |
|---|---|
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |