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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| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
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| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
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| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |
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| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |