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 |
|---|---|
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| impinge | encroach |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| upright | perpendicular |