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 |
|---|---|
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| rotunda | a round building |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |