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 |
|---|---|
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |