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 |
|---|---|
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
| caption | the part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed |
| condiments | something used to enhance the flavor of food |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| porous | possessing or full of pores |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |