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
hideousoffensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly
coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
besetto set or stud with or as if with ornaments
consanguinitythe quality or state of being consanguineous
violatebreak
fitfulcharacterized by fits or paroxysms
ambrosiathe food of the Greek and Roman gods
holstera leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle
impregnableincapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable
precludeto make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance