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 |
|---|---|
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| delve | excavate |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| finicky | extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards |
| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |