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 |
|---|---|
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
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| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
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| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |