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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |
| array | to dress or decorate especially in splendid or impressive attire : adorn |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| vertebrate | any 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 |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |