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.

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WordMeaning
sumptuousextremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent
swearto utter or take solemnly (an oath)
arrayto dress or decorate especially in splendid or impressive attire : adorn
panga brief piercing spasm of pain
visceralfelt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep
cohabitto live together as or as if a married couple
tyroa beginner in learning : novice
allocateto apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
hegemonypreponderant influence or authority over others : domination