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 |
|---|---|
| outmoded | not being in style |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| complement | something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect |
| beguile | hoodwink |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |