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
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derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
cession | a yielding to another : concession |
arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
hurl | rush |
philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |