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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clandestinemarked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious
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unfrockdefrock
rueto feel penitence, remorse, or regret for
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podiatristthe medical care and treatment of the human foot
anchora device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom