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 |
|---|---|
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| regatta | a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |