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 |
|---|---|
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| rail | a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |