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 |
|---|---|
| corrugated | having corrugations |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| martial | of, relating to, or suited for war or a warrior |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |