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 |
|---|---|
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| vixen | a female fox |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |