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 |
|---|---|
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| humdrum | monotonous |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| concur | to express agreement |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| flounder | flatfish |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |