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 |
|---|---|
| violate | break |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| proscenium | the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |