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.

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WordMeaning
entreatto plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently
whiffa quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray
manifestoa written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer
atavismrecurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination
orificean opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass
equilibriuma state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise
hazymade dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze
isotopeany of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties
strangleto choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle
portlydignified