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 |
|---|---|
| sportive | frolicsome |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| 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) |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| biennial | occurring every two years |
| stilted | pompous |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |