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 |
|---|---|
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| postulate | demand |
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |