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 |
|---|---|
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| erudite | having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying : possessing or displaying erudition |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |