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 |
|---|---|
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| mime | an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| gravity | dignity or sobriety of bearing |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |