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 |
|---|---|
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| hurl | rush |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |