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 |
|---|---|
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| entity | being |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |