GRE Word List

EFFIGY

an image or representation especially of a person

The meaning of the word effigy is an image or representation especially of a person.

Random words

WordMeaning
pedagogueteacher
expeditiousmarked by or acting with prompt efficiency
paroxysma fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion
abateto decrease in force or intensity
insensibleincapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as
derogatoryexpressive of a low opinion : disparaging
commensuratecorresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate
celibateof, relating to, or characterized by celibacy:
torpora state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility
stanzaa division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe