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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| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
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| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
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| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |