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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boostto push or shove up from below
spatulaa flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting
miserlyof, relating to, or characteristic of a miser
draughta rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task
habituateto make used to something : accustom
pariaha member of a low caste of southern India
conventionalformed by agreement or compact
hideousoffensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly
quadrupedan animal having four feet
unctionthe act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing