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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WordMeaning
nimblequick and light in motion : agile
credoa guiding belief or principle : creed
rankleto cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness
subsumeto include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element
effervescencethe property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing
moodinesssubject to depression : gloomy
corollarya proposition (see proposition
bigotryobstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot
waneto decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness