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 |
|---|---|
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| obstetrician | a physician specializing in obstetrics |
| attentive | mindful |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| drab | slattern |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |