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 |
|---|---|
| unfeigned | not feigned or hypocritical : genuine |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| glitter | to shine by reflection with many small flashes of brilliant light : sparkle |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |