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 |
|---|---|
| quisling | traitor |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |