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 |
|---|---|
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| erotic | of, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| concentric | having a common center |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| colander | a perforated utensil for washing or draining food |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |