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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| ploy | escapade |
| camaraderie | a spirit of friendly good-fellowship |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| remnant | a usually small part, member, or trace remaining |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |