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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figurea number symbol : numeral
laitythe people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy
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detainto hold or keep in or as if in custody
motleyvariegated in color
centaurany of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly
sleekslick
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