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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|---|---|
| pedagogue | teacher |
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| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
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| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
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| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |