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
bara straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening)
juggernauta massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path
impietythe quality or state of being impious : irreverence
disparatemarkedly distinct in quality or character
mentora friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus
eclipsethe total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another
grudgingunwilling
insinuateto impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply
botchan inflammatory sore
stumpthe basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed