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 |
|---|---|
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| chapel | a subordinate or private place of worship: such as |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |